The Butler weekly times., 1887-11-09
THE liMEKILN CLUB.
Brother Gardner Tells About the 10
Called society 81 the Age.


Called society 81 the Age.
/ was TWO minutes after the tri-
angle sounded before the smoke in
Pr ,dise Hall would permit the mem
bers TO see each other. When it had
at last thinned out Brother Gardner
said:
.Nicodemus Pembroke Scott. local
mem Der Of dis lodge. has crossed into
Canady and will not reappear among
ua Fur de las three months l have
bin expectin' some sich climax. an
dis mawnin', when a messenger in
formed me dat he had disappeared.
arter failin' in an attempt to shoot his.
self wild an ole hoss pistol. war MT
a bit surprised He leaves wife an
two chill en- an abOu' fifty creditors
What sent him off? De same rea-
sons dat AN daily workin' to bring
about anodder panic-de same reasons
dat explain de hundred oh biz ness
failures-de same reasons dat am
cripplin' d, efforts of thousands OF
hard -wOrkin' men to secure homes OF
DER own-familv extravagance. No.
you can't call 1t extravaganza;
foolory am . batter name for it. Up
to var ago Brudder Scott was job
bin aroun' and maxim adollar day.
Den he got situashun BY which he
ARMED TO teen dollars per week. He
was poo off in de house an had debts
hangin' ober him, but heah was
H. ohoo Hon ~ in.
proved? In less dan one month his
wife was rugged out wid tw"nty-lol-
lar dress twelve -shillin' kids. five.
dollar hat and an opera fan. II. had
no peace OBJ MN onless he obeyed
her. In six weeks she became too
folksea In two months she wanted
better house. wild red parlor carpet
an cane-seat chars all aroun' de
room. In three months she had tc
have black silk dress, gold bracelets.
tony bunnet, kid shoes an gold film
In her terf
dat foolery has reaped its harvest
Dc husband found dat he WAS runnin'
behind. his home was bein' neglected.
his wife was bein' gossiped about an
in despair he has picked up his feet
an slid out 1t wa. de natural result
tell you. my frens, de tomfo0lery OF
de women of dis kentry am strainin'
on de chalk line till de cord can't
stan much mo-. an It am high time
dat somebody sots his foot down. De
man who Arms TWENTY-FIVE dollars per
week has somehow got de ideah into
his head dat de world expects him tc
dress his wife as II he airned . bank
er's profits. Wives Of men who can't
keep mp wild deir house rent am can.
term up an down wild sealskin
sacques an six-dollar shoes. Wives
Of men who have to dodge de butcher
an grocer an tailor am now selectin'
fail carpets an orderin' thirty dollar
lambrequins. Wives of men who
couldn't raise fifty dollars at dc bank
to save der necks am rushin' 10 balls
an parties an having deir expensive
dresses described fur dc benefit of de
! public"
DE so-called society Of de aige am
composed of false hair. false pretenses,
debt-dodging an base decepshun. Our
rich people am dis inguishrd by der
plain dress an quiet manners De
snides an dudes an dodos do all de
swaggerin', rush on all de colorS an
monopolize de biggest sheer of de
street. You wait! d. m n who lives
fur anoder ten Vars will h'ar snnthin'
drap. an arter de drap takes place de
thousands of idiots who now feel
ashamed 10 admit dat dev dnan' keep
but two servant gals in de house will
60 back 10 deir cook stoves an wash
tubs. an take deir prop"r places in de
purceShun. "-DstroI Free Press